The Rosell surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,844 people carried this name — #15,792 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,711 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 702 people named Rosell live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 134 people named Rosell.
55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
1,887 people named Rosell are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Rosell in American newspapers,
1894–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,145 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rosell,
with a public archive behind them.
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Álvaro Rosell 1801–1915 · architect -
Cayetano Rosell 1817–1883 · writer -
Ramón Rosell 1840–1898 · actor -
Joan Rosell i Rubert 1852–1925 · politician -
Carl Rosell 1879–1941 · architect -
Anton Rosell 1828–1904 · philosopher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rosell.
- Rosar 209 · U.S. census
- Rosas 44,938 · U.S. census
- Rosati 2,900 · U.S. census
- Rosato 2,565 · U.S. census
- Rose 153,397 · U.S. census
- Rosel 694 · U.S. census
- Roselle 857 · U.S. census
- Roselli 1,977 · U.S. census
- Rosellini 286 · U.S. census
- Rosello 687 · U.S. census
- Rosemond 2,024 · U.S. census
- Rosen 22,596 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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